We have signed the contract on our house. It is done. No more showings, cleaning, vacuuming, stealing the dogs away, and praying for an offer.
We move into my mom’s rent house on March 20th, and close on our house on March 25th. One of the scariest things about the move was the time frame, I knew that if we didn’t sell the house in the winter then we would be moving during the BUSIEST time of the year for me, Senior season. And guess what? We are moving smack dab in the middle of senior season.
Ugh, My heart is slightly overwhelmed and slightly apathetic. I wanted to get packing, but my list of to dos is just too long to get my butt moving. Josh is making 2 week trips to Stillwater to clear the land, and I am left taking weeklong trips to sell UNO, plan workshops and teach workshops. My life is chaos. If I can just make it to June then I will almost be in the clear.
So at lunch today I decided to get the ball rolling, and pack the movie room. This is my most favorite room in the house, but also the smallest and easiest to pack. I have packed almost everything into boxes in the movie room and it hit me, we are moving out of this beautiful, big, NEW house. I was a little sad, but trying to focus on my new life in Oklahoma. This year will definitely be one of the toughest I will ever have, not only are we moving into 3 different houses this year (current house, rental in Lubbock, then rental in Stillwater), but I’m moving away from my family for the first time, and changing my business from weddings to kids. A WHOLE lot of scary is coming my way this year.
It’s going to be good though, I just know it, because this is what the Lord is leading us to do, and we must walk by faith and not by sight. I haven’t ever really had to do this before, but I know that for those who LOVE the Lord, all things will work together for GOOD, and I’m looking for that good!!
So during this huge transition I’m asking for just a spoonful of grace from everyone. I will probably be even harder to reach by phone, I might look a little more frazzled, frumpy, chubby, and I might be so overwhelmed that I might cry, maybe not, but I will do my absolute best to keep up with all of my deadlines and duties.
Anyways, I felt like posting… again. My blog is just lighting up with posts lately, maybe it’s because I’m making up for the winter silence. I have friends spending the night all week long and hopefully can keep the packing going while they talk to me.
Sheesh, look at all of these magazines.
Action movies. Boxes and Boxes of movies.
by Lauren Clark
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